From the history of currency development, although there have been shovel-shaped coins and knife-shaped coins, the mainstream is still round coins. China's round square hole money appeared in the late Warring States period and was called "money-saving". "Hey" is pronounced as "yuán", which means "round", but the primary meaning is "heaven", which shows that people attached importance to this circulating object at that time. "Hey" in the pre-Qin period not only refers to round currency, but also refers to currency. "History of Hanshu Food Goods" contains: "Qi Taigong is the law of Zhou Li's nine houses." "Jiufu" is the money management institution of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and "Huan Law" is the money management law.
In the sense of "round", "round" and "round" are both official holidays, so when it comes to "round money", there are people who write "round money". After the unification of currency in the Qin Dynasty, coins with square holes and round bodies became the main form of coinage used by successive dynasties, and were always called "copper circles". Later, when silver coins appeared in the late Qing Dynasty, they were called "silver circles" accordingly. Although "Yuan" replaced "Ai" for the sake of going on holiday, it gained absolute advantage because of its popularity and simplicity, and almost replaced "Ai" in practical use.
The "yuan" was officially upgraded to the monetary unit of written language when the silver dollar began to become currency. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, western round silver coins were introduced to the Chinese market, commonly known as foreign money. The unit of foreign money is no longer the traditional "money", "two" and "penetration", but "angle" and "circle", and ten angles are a circle. In the 14th year of Guangxu, Guangdong began to cast China's own silver dollar, and the monetary unit was also "jiao" and "yuan". "Yuan" is neither a generic word nor a simplified word of "Yuan". How does it have the meaning of monetary unit?
Many people think that "Yuan" is the popular usage of "Yuan". This is true as a currency name, such as "silver dollar" and "copper dollar", which can also be written as "silver dollar" and "copper dollar". But as a monetary unit, it has another origin. In ancient times, there was a kind of copper coin named "Yuanbao", which was named after Tang Kaiyuan Tongbao pronounced "Opening Yuanbao". The name Yuanbao was first used in Luoyang by Shi Siming in the first year of Tang Suzong Ganyuan, and "Deyi Yuanbao" and "Shuntian Yuanbao" were cast in Luoyang. Later, there were "Dali Yuanbao" in the Dai Dynasty, "Tianfu Yuanbao" in the Later Jin Dynasty and "Chunhua Yuanbao" in the Northern Song Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty, the emperor changed the Yuan Dynasty, cast more new coins and marked the name with the year number. According to Ciyuan, an ingot was called "one yuan" at that time, which was the beginning of "yuan" as a monetary unit. From Kublai Khan in Yuan Dynasty, the ingot was cast with silver from the treasury, and later, it was cast into a horseshoe shape, so the concept of "ingot" in people's impression is horseshoe silver, which is another story. With the existence of the currency "Yuanbao", the monetary unit "Yuan" has been used all the time.
At present, "circle" and "yuan" represent the same monetary unit, and the two writing methods are also universal. However, in the practical use of society, people tend to "meta" with simple strokes. I have asked several old accountants who have been engaged in financial work for more than 30 years, and they all replied that they only use "yuan" at ordinary times, including submitting statements to the tax bureau.
Although our country does not explicitly stipulate the usage of "circle" and "yuan" as monetary units, in formal occasions, "circle" is still the main use. For example, the paper money officially issued by the state, the monetary unit at the upper level of the corner is written as "circle". The largest denomination of RMB in the 1999 edition is still printed with "one hundred yuan". In 1995, Zhu Rongji issued the official document "Notice of the People's Bank of China on Issuing the 1990 Edition One-yuan Certificate RMB", and the monetary unit was also "yuan". The metal coin with a face value of only one yuan uses "yuan", which is also an official recognition of folk conventions. Simplification is the trend of writing development. Yuan and Yuan have different origins, and as monetary units, their application ranges also have different changes. The trend is that Yuan expands while Yuan shrinks. It can be predicted that in the near future, "Yuan" will eventually completely replace "Yuan", just as "Yuan" replaced "Ai" in the past.
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